A space walking robot could build a giant telescope in space
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released into low-Earth orbit.
The Secret Science Behind Webb’s Mirror Mastery
Since its deployment, the James Webb Space Telescope has been fine-tuned by experts to maintain its powerful optical ...
Monitoring Webb's mirrors for optimal optics
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched to space. Its mirror is composed of 18 individual segments that have been aligned so accurately, that they ...
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NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial ...
Future space telescopes could be made from thin membranes, unrolled in space to enormous size
Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn't obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so they can capture ...
NASA Installs Roman Space Telescope's Planet-Hunting Coronagraph
The Roman Telescope is being built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where the coronagraph recently arrived after being ...
Nasa’s Roman Space Telescope gets major upgrade in its quest to search space
Nasa has successfully integrated the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. This milestone ...
NASA set to search for alien planets from 2027 as new space telescope set for launch
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch around May 2027, the agency has said, and will let us unravel ...
Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
These are just a taste of the discoveries made by the $10 billion Webb telescope since it began science observations in 2022.
The incredible £775m telescope that's biggest in world and nearly same size as Big Ben
This one-of-a-kind huge telescope will capture the sharpest and best images of space any telescope has ever done.
This black hole just did something theoretically impossible
Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...
NASA’s Roman Telescope Unlocks New Chapter in the Search for Alien Worlds
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope team has integrated the innovative Roman Coronagraph Instrument, marking a major milestone in ...